serous membrane

Multi-tissue structure that is comprised of a secretory epithelial layer (mesothelium) and a connective tissue layer. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the serous membrane is

Multi-tissue structure that is comprised of a secretory epithelial layer (mesothelium) and a connective tissue layer. The atlas records it as a tissue at the tissue scale in the human body.

Where the serous membrane is

This dataset records no region or system for it. No positional evidence of any kind. Drawn outside the body so it can still be found and counted, never inside it.

What the serous membrane connects to

The atlas records 25 typed relationships for it, across 6 kinds of connection. part of anatomical wall and serous sac.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the serous membrane. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as tunica serosa, wall of serous sac and serosa. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0000042, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: anatomical wall and serous sac.
• A kind of: anatomical structure and material anatomical entity.
• Adjacent to: subserosa.
• subtype: falciform ligament, gallbladder serosa, layer of synovial tissue, lesser omentum, mesentery and mesentery of colon, and 9 more.
• contains: connective tissue, mesothelium, parietal serous membrane and visceral serous membrane.
• Develops from: mesoderm.

Questions

Where is the serous membrane?

This dataset records no region or system for it. No positional evidence of any kind. Drawn outside the body so it can still be found and counted, never inside it.

What does the serous membrane connect to?

Part of: anatomical wall and serous sac.

Is the serous membrane the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.